The global recession continues to create new realities for students, institutions, and faculty members engaged in higher education. This blog chronicles those changes for academic / historical record purposes. Click on the URL at the end of each posting to view the complete news report.

Saturday, April 18, 2015

College tuition is on the rise across the U.S., and University of California President Janet Napolitano says she knows why. In a report last year, the College Board showed the price of a four-year degree rose faster than the rate of inflation, with private tuition climbing by 3.7 percent to an average of $31,231. At public universities, the picture was scarcely better: Costs jumped by 2.9 percent during the academic year to $9,139. However, in an interview with CNBC's "On the Money," Napolitano says UC students should blame state budget cuts—and not the universities themselves—for higher tuition bills.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102576893